“ The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the richb hath many friends. ”
The maxim, jarring as it is, represents the generalization of a wide experience; but the words which follow Proverbs 14:21 show that it is not to be taken by itself. In spite of all the selfish m...
Proverbs 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in number. There are rather more in this chapter of a politica...
The poor . A needy one. Hebrew. rash. See note on Proverbs 6:11 . the rich . a rich man.
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends. But the rich hath many friends - Many who speak to him the language of friendship; but if they profess friendship becaus...
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends. The poor is hated even of his own neighbour. How inhuman to be the less charitable, just in proportion as the poor...
1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife ( Proverbs 31:10-31 ).
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour. — This sad experience of life is repeated in Proverbs 19:7 . The following verse serves as a corrective of this selfish tendency of mankind.
CHAPTER 15 THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE "The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:10 "Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and...
Verse Proverbs 14:7 . The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man is perceived to be devoid of knowledge he should be aband...
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. He that is soon angry dealeth fooli...
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour ,.... As well as of strangers; that is, he is shy of him; he does not care to take any notice of him, or be friendly with him, lest he should be burdensom...
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich [hath] many friends. Ver. 20. The poor is hated, ] i.e., Less loved, little respected, as Gen 29:31 Mal 1:5 Luke 14:26 . The heathen...
The poor is hated That is, despised and abandoned, as hateful persons and things are; of his own neighbour Strictly so called of persons nearest to him, either by habitation or relation, and ther...
20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends. This shows, not what should be, but what is the common way of the world--to be shy of the poor and f...
Is hated, i.e. despised and abandoned, as hateful persons and things are. His own neighbour; strictly so called, who is nearest to him, either by habitation or by relation, and therefore most obl...
The Triumph Of Truth Over Falsehood And Of Righteousness Over Unrighteousness ( Proverbs 14:17-25 ). The thought of truth against falsehood undergirds this subsection. It commences with the fact t...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 14:21 . Poor , or “suffering” ( Delitzsch ). MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:20-21 AN AGGRAVATED CRIME, A QUESTIONABLE VIRTUE, AND A PRESENT BLESSING I. A fourfol...
Proverbs 14:1 . Every wise woman buildeth her house, as Proverbs 9:1 , by training up her children to industry, piety and virtue. She is their first governess, and daily instils the elements of k...
But the rich hath many friends. Friends in prosperity Ah! do not be puffed up by any of the successes of this life, do not be spoiled by the number of liveried coachmen that may stop at your do...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house. Wise women order well their household matters and their families; they have an important influence, and exercise it beneficia...
v. 20. The poor is hated even of his own neighbor, for the loss of wealth immediately changes the attitude of false friends, who now find their impoverished neighbor obnoxious; but the rich hath m...
Esther 3:2 ; Esther 5:10 ; Esther 5:11 ; Job 19:13 ; Job 19:14 ; Job 30:10 ; Job 6:21-23 ; Proverbs 10:15 ; Proverbs 19:4 ; Proverbs 19:6 ; Proverbs 19:7
Hated — Despised and abandoned.